Anchorage Digital vs Cactus Custody

Anchorage Digital4.1/5

VS

Cactus Custody3.5/5

Feature	Anchorage DigitalVisit	Cactus CustodyVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.1/5	3.5/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Security	4.0	3.5
Compliance	4.0	3.0
Asset support	4.0	3.0
Features	4.5	4.0
Support	4.0	4.0
Specs
Custody model	Qualified custodian, HSM, Self-custody software	Not disclosed
Clients	Institutions, Funds, Corporates, High-net-worth	Institutions, Funds, Corporates, High-net-worth
Regulated	Yes	Yes
SOC 2 report	Yes	Yes
Insurance	Not disclosed	OneDegree policy covering the Hong Kong and Bhutan custody entities; Swiss entity cover planned (Sep 2026)
Staking	Yes	Not disclosed
API access	Yes	Yes
Licenses & charters	OCC national trust bank charter (US), NYDFS BitLicense (US), MAS Major Payment Institution license (Singapore), NFA introducing broker registration (US)	Not disclosed
MPC	Not disclosed	Yes
Cold storage	Yes	Yes
Qualified custodian	Yes	Not disclosed
Company
Founded	2017	—
Headquarters	United States	—
Investors	Tether, KKR, GIC	Not disclosed
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Custody at an OCC-chartered national trust bank, in place since January 2021 SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 reports, with SOC 2 examinations since 2021 Staking and governance voting on 20+ networks without assets leaving custody Atlas settlement supports off-exchange trading on Binance from custody	SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II reports, per BIT Choice of full custody or MPC self-custody with Cactus's key share in an SGX enclave Oasis off-exchange settlement with Bitget, Bybit and KuCoin 98% of assets in air-gapped cold vaults in Switzerland, Hong Kong and Singapore, per BIT
Cons	No insurance policy for digital assets appears in its custody disclosures OCC consent order over BSA/AML deficiencies ran from April 2022 to August 2025 No EU authorization yet; the Irish MiCA application was announced in October 2026	Licenses come from Hong Kong's TCSP regime, Bhutan's GFSO and Swiss self-regulation, with no SFC license or US trust charter OneDegree insurance had not yet been extended to the Swiss entity at its September 2026 launch Custody sits in the same group as BIT's OTC trading, lending and asset management businesses
Best for	ETF issuers and asset managers that want a federally chartered custodian, Funds that stake or vote without moving assets out of custody, Trading firms using Binance with collateral held off-exchange	Asia-based funds and family offices that want custody linked to OTC and lending, Bitcoin miners sending mined BTC straight into custody, Trading firms settling off-exchange with Bitget, Bybit or KuCoin

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